EV2200-13H

Evaluation System User Guide

Contents
Section Page No.
Introduction 1
General Description 1
Kit Contents 1
Hardware and Software Setup 1
Starting the Program 2
Software Instructions 3
Troubleshooting Guide 6

Introduction Hardware Installation

The bq2013H is Benchmarq’s second-generation high- PC Connection:
discharge-rate gas gauge. It provides the full range of gas-
gauge functions with specific compensations for NiCd, The serial cable should be connected between the spare
NiMH, and Lead Acid rechargeable batteries. The serial communications (COM) port on the PC and the 9-
bq2013H offers a high-speed 1-wire serial interface for ac- pin D-type connector on the EV2200 interface board.
cess to the capacity measurements and other data as will Your computer manual shows the COM port locations if
as a 5 LED display for a stand-alone system. you are unsure.

bq2013H Connection
General Description Connect a bq2013H-based circuit, such as the bq2113H,
to the EV2200. Only two connections on the EV2200 are
The bq2013H is an evaluation system for the bq2013H required for this operation, SMBD/HDQ1 and VSS.
device. It allows the user to evaluate the full features of These two connections should be made to the HDQ and
the bq2013H in a short period of time. GND connections on the bq2013H-based module, respec-
tively. The bq2013H circuit should be powered correctly,
as detailed in the bq2013H data sheet.
Kit Contents
Note: The hardware should be connected cor-
The EV2200–13H contains the following items: rectly and powered before the EV2200-13 software
is run.
1 EV2200 Interface Board
1 Serial PC cable
3 Software disks entitled EV2200-13H Software
System Table
This kit should be used in conjunction with the bq2013H
data sheet for reference. Component Version
EV2200 Rev. C
Hardware and Software Setup EV2200 F/W 1.67
System S/W 1.0.8
For the board to work correctly, an IBM PC-AT compati-
User Guide 1.0
ble computer with an available serial port is required.
This computer can be running under either Windows 3.x
or Windows95, with approximately 5M bytes of hard
disk space required for a full installation.

SLUU043A–FEBRUARY 1999 Rev. C Board

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Software Installation Starting the Program

The following steps install the EV2200-13H software,
The installation process creates an icon labeled
1. Insert disk 1 into a 3 ½ inch floppy drive. EV2200-13H. Find this icon and double-click on it. The
evaluation software loads in 3 to 10 seconds, depending
2. Select the 3 ½ inch drive using My Computer or on the speed of the PC.
File Manager.
During this time the EV2200-13H software is testing
3. Double-click on the Setup.exe icon. the communications to the EV2200. The subsequent
message indicates the board status. After the port is de-
4. Make sure to select EV2200-13H when prompted
tected, the software displays the EV220013 Information
with the Enter Program to Load box. screen. See Figure 1.
5. The setup program prompts for the remaining disks
If you do not see the RS-232 Interface Ok message at
and installs a Windows application group.
the top of the screen, see the Troubleshooting Guide.

Figure 1. bq2013h Data Screen

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for the circuit you are using; the values can be changed
Software Instructions at any time. The Programming Pins display shows
how pins 2,3,4, 5, and 6 of the bq2013H are connected.
When the software is running, you can select 4 tabs: This information is read when the bq2013H is powered
bq2013h Data, Status, Pro, and Setup. up or initialized. Clicking on the Save Setup to Disk
button stores all the resistor data on this screen to the
Setup Screen file bq2013H.ini located in the windows directory. See
Figure 2.
Enter the Rsns (current sense resistor), RB1 (battery
divider-top), and RB2 (battery divider-bottom) resistor The Initial Settings frame allows changes to be made
values from the bq2013H-based circuit. (The application to several registers in the bq2013H. When these are ed-
diagram in the bq2013H data sheet helps you locate ited, they turn red until the Write to bq2013H button
these components.) These entries configure the software is clicked.

Figure 2. Setup Data Screen

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bq2013H Data Screen Data in these registers can be logged using the features
available from the File menu. Select Start Data Log
On this tab all the accessible registers of the bq2013H and select the rate and file name. The file is tab-limited
are shown and the register name and register value are and is suitable to import to most common spreadsheet
displayed in hexadecimal (blue) or decimal (black). See programs.
Figure 3. By clicking the register data you can edit that
value. When the new value has been entered in Hex or
Dec, press ENTER to write the new value to the bq2013H
registers. Note: if the original data was in Hex, then
the new data needs to be in Hex. Also shown are
some of the possible functions that an end application
could use. The user can update the register data fields
by polling automatically with a specified delay selected
by the Polling Frequency selector.

Figure 3. bq2013 Data Screen

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Figure 4. Status Screen

time you attach the board to the EV2200 to ensure good
Status Screen communications. The Options menu provides a choice
of communication ports for the EV2200, either HDQ1 or
This tab shows the average current activity graph along HDQ2. The choice is shown on at the top of the Pro
with the actual current value. It also shows the avail- screen. The HDQ1 port is SMBD/HDQ1 and the HDQ2
able capacity and the temperature of the battery under port is SMBC/HDQ2 on the EV2200. The Dwell feature
evaluation. See Figure 4. shows the continuous stream of the selected HDQ com-
mand.
Pro Screen
The Pro screen allows read and write access to all the
registers of the bq2013H. See Figure 5. Simply select the
registers to read or write to from the pull-down address
list and then enter any data required and click read or
write. The Send Break button should be used each

Figure 5. Pro Screen

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Troubleshooting Guide
Q – Why can’t my software communicate with the
EV2200 interface board?
A – If you are shown the screen in Figure 6 when you
first clicked on the EV2200-13H icon, the serial link is
not connected correctly. Secure the serial cable connec-
tion at the EV2200 and the PC and check with the com-
puter manual to verify the COM port selection.
If you see the Board Status message at the top of the
screen in Figure 7, the EV2200 connection has failed. Se-
cure cable connection at the EV2200 and the PC.

Figure 6. Board Detection Screen

Figure 7. bq2013h Data Screen–Communication Failure

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Q – The EV2200 is communicating properly but the data A – The problem here is that the HDQ interface be-
registers are all showing the same value; see Figure 8. tween the bq2013H and the EV2200 is not functioning.
What is wrong? Ensure that the bq2013H and EV2200 are connected
correctly and the bq2013H circuit is powered correctly.
The bq2013H IC must see a potential of 3.0–6.5V on VCC
(pin 16) for proper operation.

Figure 8. bq2013h Data Screen

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